Tinsel ornament



New. 1l v i924.

W. C. PROTZ TINSEL ORNAMENT Filed April ll. 1924 Patented Nov. .l l, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.y 'i

PROTZ, OF MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN.

1 TINSEL ORNAMENT.

Application tiled April 11, 1,924. Serial No; 765,943.

'Zo all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM Cf Pno'rz, `a citizen of the United States, residing at Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tinsel Ornaments, of which the following is a specification. a

The present invention relatesto tinsel ornaments.

f More particularly the invention'relatesIto ornamental tree or miniature Christmas tree favors. In the production of ornaments of this character, it is essential that an article attractive in appearance which may be readily and cheaply manufactured in quan-- *a favor andwhich will have the appearance of' being decorated with silvery or tinsel, 'or with a.,.

other Icolored reilectin mixture' of various co ored tinsels.`

A further object 'of the invention is" to provide a miniature tree structure having' a right mottled scintillating appearance in v light, and which when subjected to gentle breezes will sway and quiver.' in substantially natural manner of a tree inthe wind. Other'objects of theinvention are' such as will appear' in the following detalled description of the preferred embodiments of l lthe invention ofwhichf Figs.. 1 Aand 2 are -pe ective view s showin preferredforms of t e'invention.

fer base construction. v i Fig. 4 is -a fragmental perspective view showing the construction of the tree body.

3 with projecting strips of tinsel.4 and 5 twisted between the wires in a manner to l'form a. bushy tree shaped^ body of tinsel 6.

The strips of tinsel 4 land 5 are secured n between the twisted wires in a manner to extend outwardly inl-substantially all direc-l tions from the central, wire-core in the man- .1%. 3 isa sectional view showing the pre-- l. Fi 5 is a sectional Vview taken along y inev Y Each tree comprises va centralcore or.

'ner of branches, and in such manner as to `give a uniform bushy appearance. The cross sections of the tree perpendicular to the wire center have a substantially circular appearance as shown in Fig. v5. p

The strips 4 of tinsel preferably have bright silvery reiecting `surfaces and are intermingled andl distributed uniformly with colored strips of tinsel 5. Invthe preferred form strips 5. .comprisereiecting tin-4 sel with the reflecting surfaces colored or dyed to al suitable green and the silvery or bright reflecting tinsel 4 is 'preferably alternated and interspersed in substantially uniform manner between the colored tinsel strips 5. `It will however be understood that the .relative proportions of colored tinsel and silvery tinsel strips and the distributionV thereof mayl be' varied within wide limits depending upon the desired appearance.` In practice equal proportionsof silver' and green tinsel strlps distributed in su stantially alternating and uniform anner give a very attractive appearance'. The tinsel is bound in at di'erent reiiecting 'angles and the silvery reecting surfaces catch and reflect the colored appearance of the green .or other colored strips, presenting a mottled scintillating appearance which in the light gives the appearance of va tree decorated Iwith silvery and colored tinsel.

It will be understood that other colors may be intermingled with the green and silvere tinseled in desired proportions.

- Thtree bodies 6 are formed in the machine -tofo'rm tinsel streamers'as disclosed in copending application, Serial Number 705,942, filed April 11, 1924, the wires 1,' 2and 3v being used to make up vthe 4central core in Aplace of the cords and wire used in the streamers, and the knives being given the proper travel to producev the desired-tree shapes. The varlous colored tinsels are bound in between the twisted wires b winding the proper relative number of di ferent colored 'strands onthe spools which are laced on the rotating machlne head, as disc osed for the manufacture of the mixed color -streamer in the copending'- case.v In the preferred form the size of wires 1,. 2 and 3 is chosen so that when twisted into the'body of the tree, they are suiliciently stii to form a straight trunk for the tree,

permit l tinselforming the branches will be of'usual light and thin quality .so that they will quiver 1n a breeze.

bodies.

The bodies 6, as formed are in long sections. These sections are then taken from the machine and cut to form the individual Tinsel strips extending .from the lower part of the body arepreferablytwisted around the wire base-portion of the tree to cover the wire core and form a shaggy decorated base or' stein portion 7, covered with inter-mingled colored and lsilvery tin-4 sel, The completed tree portion is then preferably inserted in a block 8 of Wood or any other suitable material. Block 8 may be secured to a support which is preferably a box-like structure comprised of a cover member 9 and a base member 10 made of any suitable material, asfor example cardboard, paste-board, wood and the like. l

Block 8 is preferably colored to contrast with the'tree body, a red color of suitable shade forming an excellent combination. If it is desired tol use the support as a container for articles, the top and sides may be suitably decorated for example by securing thereto particles of reflecting or coloredl material 12 as'indicated in Fig. 1. An attrae! tive arrangement is made by covering the top of 9 with a crpe paper or other material contrasting in color withzrblock 8, and surroundin the base with a contrasting colored ru e 13 ofcrpe or other suitable.. materiaLas shown in Fig. 2. -Eiective coni- 1,514,7s e i binations are madev comprising a tree body 85 of green and silvery tinsel, a block 8 of red, a green covering for member 9, and a red or a greenv crpe paper ruie 13.y

It will be understood that the shapes of the base blocksA and'supports maybe varied 40 widely, and that` such changes are contemplated and within the scope of the presof said tree.

2. The combination as set forth 7in claim 55 1 in which said central core of twisted wire is flexible to lpermit Aswaying' of the tree in a gentle breeze.

. l 3. A miniature tree comprising a central core, and-'a plurality of short strips of va- 60 d rious coloredfrelecting tinsel projecting from said central core to ,iformi the branches for said tree, said colored strips being intermingled inta manner to give the tree' a decorated appearance.

In testimony whereof I .aliix mysignature. l

- WILLIAM o. Puo'rz. 

